Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

Let me ,from the very beginning, tell you that book like this one are very rare. Indeed, most academic authors use a jumbled and hard-to-understand language ,which becomes a burden when reading their books,albeit the fact that they might have done a lot of in-depth research and tapped new sources.However, this book is totally different and stands out immediately and as soon as you read, say, 100 pages, you can know that Professor Bass in not only a superb historian, but a very gifted writer. All this because this work, although extremely long with each page super-packed with a lot of information,reads like a mega thriller .All thisafetr spending 10 years of research and writing this spectacular work.The author examined each and every aspect of the trial, starting from a very broad and comprehensive survey of Japan's history and its relations with the other countries and its horrible crimes which the Japanese have perpetrated against most countries in the Far East. The prosecutors, the defense, the preparations for the trial and its outcome, including the quarrels between the various and respective judges on judicial matters- all are to be found here.I will not write about any spoilers , however , the author dwells on one dissenting judge , the Indian one, whose views remain holy writ for Japan's extreme nationalists to this day.T He didi not even agree there was a Holocaust in Europe. The Japanese claims that they had fought in self-defence were definitely ludicrous.Many people in Europe thought that Emperor Hirohito should have been sent to the gallows as well.This book is a unique and outstanding masterpiece whcih will be unsurpassed for many, many years!!!

Documento de um fato desconhecido dos brasileiros, só lembramos de Nuremberg

Gripping from the very first page. Well researched (the reference index alone is nearly 200 pages)

for anyone who is interested in what happened to Japan after it lost WWII this book begins when the Allies are planning to invade Japan, raises questions about the decision to use A-Bombs and goes on and provides great details about the trials that lasted two and a half years. The reader will find narratives that describe happenings that are not found elsewhere. Some passages border on the gruesome but are factually reported.

This book is a gift, it was dispatched quickly. It's a generously sized book including around 200 pages of notes at the end, references for main book. Anyway the delivery driver didn't deliver to my address, I've tracked it down to a neighbours doorstep, lucky it wasn't raining. I was home at the time of delivery, no attempt was made to deliver to my address, first time almost fail for prime delivery.